ACME No.470 Clicker

ACME No.470 ClickerThe Original Paratrooper 'Cricket' The ACME No. 470 Clicker, or Cricket as it became known, was conceived in the 1920s as a time keeping device for musicians, but was adopted in 1944 by US paratroopers who needed a way of discretely identifying friendly forces after landing behind enemy lines at night. 7,000 were supplied ahead of the D Day invasion, very few of which now survive and are expensive antiques. Our authentic replica is made in the UK by

are viewed through a substantial glass opening port with a brass cleat fixing

northern Europe

to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Falklands conflict

and ‘went supersonic’ on 1 October the same year

as each model is manufactured from the original flight deck recovered during the vessel’s disassembly

Swiss made

Coast's XPH-R range introduces head torch specifications that would have been unheard of just a couple of years ago

Diameter 3

5" tall x 9" wide

and cast and hand finished by expert UK jewellers

Supplied in a box measuring 4" square

often into a two-gill (half-pint) measure